French Open Prize Money 2016: Updated Purse Payout for Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic can finally kiss the French Open clay. The No. 1 seed defeated Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in Sunday's final at the 2016 French Open to earn his first career Grand Slam at Roland Garros.

The win is Djokovic's 12th championship in a major overall, which puts him alone in fourth place among Open-era players. He is tied with Roy Emerson for fourth if we include non-Open-era players.

"It's really a very special moment, perhaps the greatest moment of my career. Perhaps. Thank you," Djokovic said, per the Associated Press (via the New York Times). "I hope you felt joy seeing our tennis."

Making things all the more special: Djokovic finally completed his career Grand Slam. He's the eighth man in history to ever pull off the feat and the first since Rafael Nadal completed his slam at the 2010 U.S. Open. The 29-year-old Serb is the second-oldest player to complete a slam, just 24 days younger than Andre Agassi when he won his lone French title in 1999.

Round	Money	Winner
Champion	€2,000,000	Novak Djokovic (Women: Garbine Muguruza)
Runner-up	€1,000,000	Andy Murray (Women: Serena Williams)
Semifinals	€500,000	Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem (Women: Kiki Bertens, Samantha Stosur)

In a rematch of their Italian Open final, Murray got off to a hot start and seemed ready to take over the match. He played almost flawlessly on his first serves, as he posted four aces and won 14 of his 19 points. Djokovic, meanwhile, committed more than double Murray's unforced errors (13-6) and allowed him four times as many break points (4-1).

Those good times weren't around long.

Djokovic came back with a Mortal Kombat-style flawless victory in the second set. Save for one double-fault, Djokovic was in complete control as Murray's game began showing cracks. The Brit had only three winners against nine unforced errors, losing 11 of his 19 service points. Djokovic coolly held Murray to seven return-point wins and won seven of his eight net points.

The muscle-flexing only continued in the third set, which played out as a near-carbon copy of the second. Djokovic again held Murray to three winners (against eight unforced errors) and maintained his service momentum. Placing 25 of his 34 first serves in play, Djokovic was able to avoid being broken and hit 13 winners.

Murray was far better on his first serves and won nine of 13 points, but he couldn't keep his chances in play. He wound up 3-of-11 on second-serve points and allowed Djokovic to break twice.

The issues only grew deeper in the fourth set, which would have been winnable had Murray been able to get out of his own way. Murray was able to put only 14 of his 35 first serves in play and wound up coughing up two breaks despite Djokovic struggling a bit. Djokovic double-faulted twice and committed nearly as many unforced errors (eight) as winners (nine). 

Fortunately for Djokovic, Murray was nowhere near peak form. He committed 16 of his 39 unforced errors in the final set and was clearly pressing.

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The reality here is that Djokovic has long been a better clay-court player than Murray. This was Djoker's third straight French final and his fourth in five years. Murray had never made it this far at Roland Garros before this year.

"His performances over the last 18 months to two years have been exceptional and he deserves to be No. 1," Murray said after the match.

With the win, Djokovic brings home €2,000,000—or about $2.27 million. He's now pushed himself over the $100 million mark in career earnings, something he clinched earlier in the tournament. No other tennis player has hit the $100 million mark.

"Believe it or not, I never thought of prize money being one of the sources of my motivation and inspiration to play tennis," Djokovic said, per FirstPost.com. "Of course the money helps me have a certain standard of life and lifestyle. But that's all. It never was and is never going to be the driving force in my life and in my career."

While Djokovic doesn't play for the money, it's telling that he's somehow outearned Nadal and Roger Federer despite having fewer majors. He's nearly two years younger than Nadal and more than five years younger than Federer. Given the pace these three have been going of late, Djokovic's career earnings may dwarf his two biggest rivals whether he cares or not.